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[[Image:Minamiza.jpg|right|thumb|500px|The Minami-za.]]
*''Built: c. [[1688]]-[[1704]]''
*''Other Names'': 南側芝居 ''(Minamigawa no shibai)''
*''Japanese'': 南座 ''(Minami-za)''
The Minami-za, located at Shijô-Ôhashi, is the chief [[kabuki]] theater in [[Kyoto]].
Since the [[Muromachi period]], the Shijô-Kawaramachi (the dry riverbed area near Shijô Avenue in Kyoto) had been a vibrant, active site of entertainments, including ''[[dengaku]]'', ''[[sarugaku]]'', and other sorts of performances aimed at raising money for [[Buddhist temples]]. These performances were temporarily interrupted by the [[Onin War|Ônin War]], but eventually got restarted. Early in the [[Keicho era|Keichô era]] ([[1596]]-[[1615]]), the performances that had been based just south of Gojô-Kawaramachi moved a short way north, to Shijô, and in the [[Genna era]] (1615-[[1624]]), the shogunate permitted the construction of seven ''yagura'' (stages). Public works projects in the [[Kanbun era]] ([[1661]]-[[1673]]) created new reclaimed land near the [[Kamo River]], which was made into the [[Gion]] entertainment district. By the [[Genroku era]] ([[1688]]-[[1704]]), there were seven theatres in the area, including three on the south side of Shijô-dôri, two on the north side of the street, and two nearby at the intersection of Yamato-ôji and Tokiwamachi-dôri; the Minamigawa no Shibai (later, the Minami-za), was one of these. The pleasure districts of Gion, [[Miyagawa-cho|Miyagawa-chô]], and [[Pontocho|Pontochô]] were nearby.
Most of these other theatres later went defunct; the Minami-za remains today the chief kabuki theatre in the city, and hosts various other productions, including ''[[rakugo]]'', concerts, ''[[shinpa]]'' and ''[[shingeki]]'' theatre, and Western-style productions.
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==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%8D%97%E5%BA%A7 Minami-za]." ''Sekai daihyakka jiten'' 世界大百科事典. Hitachi Solutions, 2012.
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]
*''Built: c. [[1688]]-[[1704]]''
*''Other Names'': 南側芝居 ''(Minamigawa no shibai)''
*''Japanese'': 南座 ''(Minami-za)''
The Minami-za, located at Shijô-Ôhashi, is the chief [[kabuki]] theater in [[Kyoto]].
Since the [[Muromachi period]], the Shijô-Kawaramachi (the dry riverbed area near Shijô Avenue in Kyoto) had been a vibrant, active site of entertainments, including ''[[dengaku]]'', ''[[sarugaku]]'', and other sorts of performances aimed at raising money for [[Buddhist temples]]. These performances were temporarily interrupted by the [[Onin War|Ônin War]], but eventually got restarted. Early in the [[Keicho era|Keichô era]] ([[1596]]-[[1615]]), the performances that had been based just south of Gojô-Kawaramachi moved a short way north, to Shijô, and in the [[Genna era]] (1615-[[1624]]), the shogunate permitted the construction of seven ''yagura'' (stages). Public works projects in the [[Kanbun era]] ([[1661]]-[[1673]]) created new reclaimed land near the [[Kamo River]], which was made into the [[Gion]] entertainment district. By the [[Genroku era]] ([[1688]]-[[1704]]), there were seven theatres in the area, including three on the south side of Shijô-dôri, two on the north side of the street, and two nearby at the intersection of Yamato-ôji and Tokiwamachi-dôri; the Minamigawa no Shibai (later, the Minami-za), was one of these. The pleasure districts of Gion, [[Miyagawa-cho|Miyagawa-chô]], and [[Pontocho|Pontochô]] were nearby.
Most of these other theatres later went defunct; the Minami-za remains today the chief kabuki theatre in the city, and hosts various other productions, including ''[[rakugo]]'', concerts, ''[[shinpa]]'' and ''[[shingeki]]'' theatre, and Western-style productions.
{{stub}}
==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%8D%97%E5%BA%A7 Minami-za]." ''Sekai daihyakka jiten'' 世界大百科事典. Hitachi Solutions, 2012.
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]
